Kerbside pickups from Cab Road, drop-offs at the London Eye, BFI IMAX or Tate, and fixed-fare runs to Heathrow, Gatwick and London City. Booked in under a minute.
Waterloo station handles roughly 94 million passenger journeys a year — more than any other rail hub in the United Kingdom — and every one of those journeys ends or begins with the same question: how do I get from here to where I actually need to be. A CabsOn Waterloo taxi answers that quickly. We pick up from Cab Road below the platforms and kerbside at the York Road and Waterloo Road exits, drop off directly outside the London Eye, BFI IMAX, National Theatre and County Hall, and run fixed-fare transfers to Heathrow, Gatwick, London City and Stansted. If you are arriving on a South Western Railway service from Southampton, Portsmouth, Reading or Bournemouth, or via Waterloo East on a Southeastern train from Kent, we can track your train and time the pickup to the minute. Booking takes under a minute online, no phone queue, and every fare is quoted upfront before you confirm — so a stag party from Winchester and a corporate arrival from Basingstoke both know what the ride costs before they step off the platform.
Waterloo is not a station you can treat like the others. The concourse spans two operators — South Western Railway on the main platforms and Southeastern on Waterloo East — and the taxi infrastructure sits underneath and to the side rather than in front. The result is that a passenger stepping off a Bournemouth train at platform 15 has a very different pickup than someone arriving into Waterloo East from Ashford, or a visitor spilling out of the BFI IMAX after a late show. A generic "meet me outside" plan tends to fall apart. Our Waterloo taxi service is built around the specifics: which exit you are closest to, whether Cab Road is open or diverted, and how the South Bank pedestrian flow around the London Eye affects kerbside access at peak times.
The station's dedicated taxi rank sits on Cab Road — a below-platform road that runs beneath the terminating tracks, accessed via a covered ramp near platforms 1 and 19. This is where black cabs queue, and where our drivers can pick you up if you prefer the sheltered rank. For pre-booked private hire, most passengers find it faster to meet at one of four practical points:
We message you the driver's location and vehicle registration when they are two minutes out. If your train is delayed, the meter does not start until you are actually in the car — we track your arrival off the live SWR and Southeastern feeds and hold the driver in the short-stay area rather than in the rank queue.
Airport runs are the single most common Waterloo taxi booking, and Waterloo's south-of-river location changes the maths compared with, say, King's Cross or Paddington.
Every transfer includes meet-and-greet at the terminal on the return leg, a 60-minute grace period after landing for international arrivals, and no extra charge for card, Apple Pay or corporate account payment.
The South Bank is one of the most vehicle-restricted stretches of central London, and the difference between a smooth drop and a frustrating five-minute crawl usually comes down to which side of the river you approach from. Our drivers know the practical details:
For late-evening theatre and IMAX pickups we recommend pre-booking a return leg with a 15-minute window; South Bank taxi rank supply is thin after 22:30 on weekends and the walk back to the main rank at the station takes 8–10 minutes.
Waterloo serves two very different commuter catchments. South Western Railway brings in trains from Woking, Basingstoke, Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth, Salisbury, Bournemouth, Weymouth, Guildford, Reading and Exeter. Waterloo East, on the same island of platforms via the footbridge, brings in Southeastern services from London Bridge, Lewisham, Sevenoaks, Tonbridge, Ashford International and Ramsgate. When you book, tell us your service — either the departure station or the headcode from your ticket — and we will monitor the live feed. If your train is delayed, your driver gets rerouted and you do not pay for the waiting time; if the service is cancelled outright, the booking pauses until you confirm your rebooked train.
Beyond the airports, the most-booked Waterloo taxi routes are the short cross-river and inner-London runs. Waterloo to London Bridge is a five to twelve-minute drive depending on Borough Market and Southwark Street traffic — worth booking rather than walking if you have cases and a Thameslink connection to catch. Waterloo to King's Cross or St Pancras via Waterloo Bridge and Kingsway usually takes 15–25 minutes off-peak. Waterloo to Canary Wharf via the Rotherhithe tunnel is 20–35 minutes. Waterloo to Victoria via Westminster Bridge and Vauxhall Bridge Road is 15–25 minutes off-peak but can double at rush hour, and we will suggest an alternative if the app sees congestion building on the route.
We run a saloon, estate, MPV and executive fleet across every Waterloo booking:
Child seats and boosters are available on request at no extra charge subject to two hours' notice. Wheelchair-accessible vehicles are bookable but availability is best confirmed the day before.
Enter your Waterloo exit (or the Waterloo East footbridge) as the pickup, your destination and your train's arrival time. You will see a fixed fare quoted before you commit — no meter, no surge pricing on pre-booked jobs, no surprises. Payment is by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, corporate account or cash on the day. The app tracks the driver from dispatch, sends the vehicle registration when they are two minutes away, and gives you a share-tracking link to send to whoever is picking you up at the other end.
Standard saloon boots take two medium cases and a soft holdall. Estate cars comfortably fit three medium cases plus hand luggage; a 6-seater MPV takes six medium cases if all seats are occupied, more if the third row folds. If you are travelling from Waterloo with sports equipment — skis from a Zermatt connection, a folding bike, an oversized instrument case — flag it in the booking notes and we will match you to the right vehicle rather than a driver having to swap on arrival.
Child seats (rear-facing infant, forward-facing toddler and high-back booster) are available at no extra charge with at least two hours' notice; on same-day bookings we do our best but availability is not guaranteed. Wheelchair-accessible vehicles (WAV) are part of the fleet — please book the day before where possible so we can allocate a WAV-trained driver rather than a general saloon.
We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Apple Pay, Google Pay and cash. Corporate accounts are set up for firms based in the SE1 catchment — Southwark, London Bridge, Bankside, Bermondsey and Waterloo itself — with monthly invoicing, cost-centre tagging and VAT receipts issued automatically. Executive assistants can dispatch a Waterloo pickup on a colleague's behalf through the business portal and receive live tracking without needing the passenger's phone number.
Receipts email through the moment the ride completes, itemised with fare, waiting time, tolls (typically none on Waterloo runs — the Congestion Charge and ULEZ are absorbed into the fixed fare quote) and any extras. If you need a re-issue for expenses, the receipt archive is available in your account for 24 months.
Cancellations made more than 60 minutes before pickup are free. Between 60 minutes and pickup time we charge a nominal admin fee; a no-show at the meeting point after 15 minutes of waiting is charged as the full fare. For arrivals into Waterloo we will not charge waiting time as long as your train is running late — we monitor the SWR and Southeastern feeds directly and reschedule automatically. If your train is cancelled outright and you do not rebook onto a later service within 45 minutes, the driver is released and you can rebook at your convenience without penalty.
Every CabsOn driver on the Waterloo rota holds a current TfL Private Hire licence and passes an enhanced DBS check on renewal. Vehicles are inspected on TfL's schedule, insured for private hire, and carry the standard PH roundel and vehicle disc. We publish the driver's licence number, name and photo in the app before pickup so you can confirm the person and car at the kerb before you get in. Journeys can be shared live with a nominated contact, and the SOS button in the app connects direct to our 24/7 dispatch team.
Default choice for solo travel, couples and pairs heading to the airport. Modern petrol-hybrid or fully electric saloons across the fleet.
Choose this when bags outnumber people. A standard family of four with full check-in luggage fits cleanly in an estate where a saloon would not.
Business class transport for corporate travellers, visiting clients and hotel transfers. The default for premium-postcode airport runs.
Single-vehicle transport for groups of up to 8. Common on hen and stag bookings, sports teams, family airport runs and corporate group transfers.
Flagship class for VIP travel, weddings, premium events and corporate visiting directors. Hourly hire from 4 hours minimum or fixed-route.
Pickup time auto-adjusts to actual landing. No driver-side panic if your flight runs late.
Plenty of buffer for immigration, baggage claim and customs at the busiest airport hours.
The £5 forecourt fee at every UK airport is in the quote, not added at the kerb. Same with London congestion charge and ULEZ.
Driver waits at the terminal arrivals exit with a name board. No extra charge.
Pay how you want. Corporate accounts get monthly invoicing with PO numbers and VAT receipts.
Available on request, fitted before pickup. Confirm seat type at booking so we match the right vehicle.
We pick up from Cab Road (the sheltered undercroft rank), the York Road and Waterloo Road exits, and the Waterloo East footbridge for Southeastern arrivals. You choose your exit at booking and we message you the driver's location and vehicle registration when they are two minutes away.
Get an instant quote online for a saloon — the route is roughly 16 miles via the A4/M4 or A316 and takes 45–75 minutes off-peak. Executive and MPV options are available and quoted upfront before you confirm the booking.
Yes. Give us your departure station or headcode when booking and we monitor the live SWR feed. If your train is delayed we hold the driver in the short-stay area, and you are not charged waiting time for a late train.
Yes. Practical drop-offs are Charlie Chaplin Walk for the BFI IMAX, Belvedere Road for the London Eye and County Hall, Belvedere Road again for the Royal Festival Hall, and Upper Ground for the National Theatre. Our drivers know the one-way approach on each.
We meet Southeastern arrivals at the Waterloo East footbridge — the quickest route down to street level for services from Tonbridge, Ashford International, Sevenoaks and Ramsgate. Track your train exactly like a mainline SWR service when booking.
Every fare is quoted before you book. Waterloo to London City is roughly 8 miles via the Rotherhithe tunnel or the A13, 30–50 minutes depending on traffic through Canary Wharf. Get an instant quote online for a saloon, with executive and MPV options also quoted upfront.
Typically 55–90 minutes for the 30-mile trip via the A23 and M23, depending on time of day and M25 conditions. We recommend allowing at least three hours before departure at peak times, and we monitor road conditions live so the driver can reroute if the M23 backs up.
Yes — wheelchair-accessible vehicles are part of the fleet. We recommend booking at least a day ahead so we can allocate a WAV-trained driver, but same-day requests are honoured where availability allows. There is no extra charge for accessible bookings.
